Philipponnat

Clos des Goisses, Brut, 2016

Name: Clos des Goisses, Brut
Brand: Philipponnat
Price: 350 GBP

97/100

Inside Bordeaux

96+/100

Vinous

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New Release
2016
3x75cl
EP
£495.00
New Release
2016
1x1.5L
EP
£350.00
New Release
2016
1x3L
EP
£850.00

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

With its steep south facing aspect, Clos des Goisses seldom fails to achieve impressive ripeness. In 2016 Clos des Goisses offers a crystalline beauty allied to a sense of weightless intensity, hitting the pallet like a high harmony and tapering off to a long finish. Elegant and refined, classically proportioned and highly detailed. After nine years sur lie it is extremely easy enjoy it today, and yet it will also amply reward those with patience. It should be very beautiful with age.

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Critic Reviews

97/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Couples concentration and intensity with the lightbrush finesse of a great Clos des Goisses. Fragrant, focused, notes of elderflower, nectarine, pear, citrus, sage, lemon zest and chalk. The structure that it is showing suggests that it will take time to come around, and should be put aside for a few years. 4.25g/l dosage, Thierry Garnier winemaker, Charles Philipponnat director, fermented half stainless steel and half in Burgundy barrels.

drinking window 2025 - 2032

date of review 08/2025

96+/100

Kristaps Karklins,

Vinous

Disgorged in March 2025 with a dosage of 4.5 grams per liter, Philipponnats 2016 Clos des Goisses has turned out beautifully, opening with aromas of pear, peach and spring flowers mingled with lychee and a subtle hint of ginger. On the palate, it is medium- to full-bodied, simultaneously textural and racy, with a concentrated core of ripe fruit and racy acidity, concluding with a long, sapid finish laced with lemon zest. While characteristically demonstrativebefitting a site of southern exposureit is not an exuberant Clos des Goisses but rather a harmonious rendition. It shares some of the traits seen in the 2013, though with slightly less incisive spine of acidity. Charles Philipponnat notes that the harvest began on 19 September and that yields were relatively modest. The wine was vinified exclusively in oakspecifically, 228-liter barrels previously used in Burgundyand did not undergo malolactic fermentation. The final assemblage consists of 68% Pinot Noir and 32% Chardonnay.

drinking window 2026 - 2050

date of review 07/2025

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.